mammals

what are mammals?

• mammals are vertebrates
• mammals feed young with mothers milk 
• there more than 4,500 mammals
• only mammals have hair & nurse their babies
• almost all mammals have 7 bones in their neck

mammals are important because...

• we eat mammals to survive like pig,cow,etc.
• if there were no mammal we won't be here. 
• nature couldn't survive without mammals

We humans are mammals

rare mammals

• some rare mammals are...
• the Asian unicorn 
• pink Amazon river dolphin
• the Honduran gost bat

-This is an Asian unicorn captured on camera.
-The Asian unicorn has 2 horns unlike the mythical unicorn.

do mammals lay eggs?

•     some mammals lay eggs like...
• a Monotremes
• the duck-billed platypus
• 4 species of Echindna

Fun facts

• Humans imitate animal behavior by using camouflage
• The African Dingo unlike other dogs rarely makes a sound
• The Hyena has one of the strongest sets of jaws in the animal kingdom
• the largest mammal/ animal is the blue whale

animal die per year/day

sources

• Robert m. timm & Barbara l. Calson.World Book.mammals
• http://www.google.com/mammals-lay-eggs
• http://www.ibtimes.com/asian-unicorn-rediscovered-rare-mammal-saola
• Eve Parker.Eyewitness Books. mammals. Hiding in the open
• Demsey Parr Publisher. Animals of the world; mammals. dogs, foxes, & hyenas

May 13, 2014
5th grade
Ms. Elley

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